Overcoming Adversity: Iqbal By Francesco D Adamo

Essential to overcoming adversity is the ability to cause change in yourself and others. In the book, Iqbal by Francesco D’Adamo, has to learn to not let your dreams stay in your head. This helps him to be a Changemaker because he overcame his adversity in the carpet factory and being in the tomb. Ultimately, Francesco D’Adamo has taught us to never let your dreams be dreams. In the beginning, Iqbal wasn’t afraid to come to the factory because he had been in many more factories before that. He knows what will happen in the factory also. As the plot progresses, Iqbal stands up to his “master” by cutting the most valuable carpet he could have made. For his punishment he got sent into the tomb for 4-6 days, without food or water. But luckily Fatima, Karim and others sneak to the tomb and give him food. Finally, Iqbal escapes from the factory to go and get help for all of the kids to escape, it had just become an official law that makes child labor illegal. This realization changes his perspective because he let all of the kids be able to be free. This allows Iqbal to create change in his community. This proves that Iqbal is a Changemaker.
As you can see, never let your dreams be dreams. This vital lesson is not just important to Iqbal in “Iqbal”. This …show more content…
(pg. 12) They work very hard and didn’t say a word to their master. (pg. 1-3) When he cuts the carpet because he didn't want his work to go to waste and he didn't want Hussain Khan. “As though bullying could change our destiny or make us feel better,” Fatima (25). The assertion is that Iqbal was when he wanted to change when he was a child. Iqbal and his friends escaped from the carpet factory. Eshan Khan and Iqbal, both helped all of the kids escape, Iqbal ran away from the factory in order to retrieve Eshan Khan to arrest Hassain Khan because now it